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Special Weather Statement, NWS Buffalo, NY

August 6, 2018Oswego County, New York

NWS Buffalo, NY issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2018, 4:19 PM EDT for Oswego County, New York. It was in force for 56 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2018, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2018, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Buffalo, NY

County Oswego County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 6, 4:44 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Mexico, NY	TREE AND WIRES DOWN.
Aug 6, 4:44 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Mexico, NY	TREE AND WIRES DOWN ON SMITHERS ROAD.
Aug 6, 4:52 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Howardville, NY	TREES AND WIRES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROUTE 22 AND STATE ROUTE 104.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 570 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

210 
WWUS81 KBUF 062019
SPSBUF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
419 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

NYZ004>006-062115-
Oswego-Wayne-Northern Cayuga-
419 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...CAYUGA AND 
SOUTHEASTERN OSWEGO COUNTIES...

At 418 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Clyde, or 13 
miles north of Seneca Falls, moving east at 30 mph. Other 
thunderstorms have developed ahead of this storm.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Fulton, Pulaski, Clyde, Central Square, Weedsport, Cato, Battle
Island State Park, Hastings, Volney and Richland.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 near exit 40.
 Interstate 81 between exits 32 and 35.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 4316 7588 4320 7608 4323 7610 4327 7620
      4324 7621 4322 7619 4320 7621 4324 7627
      4322 7626 4320 7627 4323 7631 4323 7648
      4311 7647 4310 7650 4304 7649 4302 7684
      4318 7691 4360 7603 4323 7587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 250DEG 24KT 4311 7677 

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Livingston, Wyoming	44 min
Aug 6, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		62 min
Aug 6, 2:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Wyoming	44 min
Aug 6, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		63 min
Aug 6, 3:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Ontario	24 min
Aug 6, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		63 min
Aug 6, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Wayne	58 min
Aug 6, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	Niagara	54 min
Aug 6, 3:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		41 min
Aug 6, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	BUF		52 min
Aug 6, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis, Oswego	41 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.